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Tom Cruise Turned Down 2025 Kennedy Center Honor

Earlier this week, President Trump unveiled the 2025 class of Kennedy Center honorees. Missing from that list was actor Tom Cruise, who reportedly was offered the honor but turned down the invitation due to 'scheduling conflicts.'

DRÁCULA - UM TERROR DE COMÉDIA: Get Ready for a Hilarious Take on a Classic Vampire Tale

Set in the treacherous mountains of Transylvania, the story follows a meek English real estate agent, Jonathan Harker, who embarks on a journey to meet a mysterious new client — who just happens to be the most terrifying vampire of all: Count Dracula. But this Dracula is a Gen Z pansexual with an existential crisis, adding a modern twist to the classic tale.

Jinkx Monsoon and More Join Comedian Max Ziegfeld for Star-Studded Concept Album

Max Ziegfeld’s outrageous new concept album Max Ziegfeld’s P😎rn Awards: The Musical!—featuring Gilbert Gottfried, Jinkx Monsoon, Alice Ripley, Judy Kaye, and more—is now streaming on all major platforms. The 10-track comedy burlesque blends satire, original music, and over-the-top awards show antics.

Cast Set For West End Transfer of THE PRODUCERS

As rehearsals begin for the West End run, full casting has been announced for the transfer of the Menier Chocolate Factory's production of The Producers. Learn more here!

YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN Comes to Sutter Street Theatre

Young Frankenstein comes to Sutter Street Theatre this week. The show features a book by Mel Brooks & Thomas Meehan, with music & lyrics by Mel Brooks. Learn more here!

Review: THE PRODUCERS at EPAC

The Producers has a very large and active ensemble, and EPAC was more than up to the challenge. The 17 ensemble members played a bunch of wacky roles including  Village People rejects, tap-dancing Nazis, and horny grandmas.  It looks like so much fun.

Review: THE 39 STEPS at Main Street Theater

We know this is a vaudeville production from the start, and the cast revels in the buffoonery. THE 39 STEPS is perfect summer theater fare for fans of silly spies and inventive theatrical staging.

Breaking Down Broadway's Spookiest Musicals

This past season contained a higher than usual amount of Broadway shows involving death; in fact, Operation Mincemeat and Dead Outlaw both specifically revolved around transporting a corpse! And Death Becomes Her leans into the hilarity as two women become gorgeous living corpses before our very eyes, thanks to a touch of magic. But plays and musicals about death and its attendant macabre topics have been a part of the theatre landscape for many decades...

Review: CLUE at New Theatre Restaurant

Madcap! Frenetic! Hilarious! It is the New Theatre Restaurant production of CLUE. Clue is a comic murder-mystery tale based on the 1985 film of the same name which was based on the 1949 Parker Brothers board game that just about anyone who grew up in that period will surely have played at some point.

BECOMING DR. RUTH to Open at Weathervane Theatre This Sunday

New Hampshire's award-winning Weathervane Theatre is pleased to present a limited engagement of Becoming Dr. Ruth as part of its 60th season. The inspiring true story of Dr. Ruth Westheimer plays in alternating repertory. Learn more!

YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN Spin-off Series in the Works at FX

FX is nearing a pilot order for Very Young Frankenstein, a new series spinoff on the 1974 Mel Brooks film Young Frankenstein, which also inspired the Broadway musical of the same name.

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